<p>I took the 1988 multiple choice Physics B a few days ago myself. My Physics teacher told us which problems (MIGHT) be on test and which might not. For example, he said the AP Physics test usually doesn’t ask very many Fluids MC questions. With regard to the 1988 test, he didn’t mention anything about problems of the topics you listed.</p>
<p>However, it’s worth mentioning that we did go over those topics in class. Fission and half-life are modern and I’ve seen questions about modern physics on the 93 and 98 tests as well, and there was torque on the test I took today.</p>
<p>I’ve heard reputable sources report that the tests are becoming less memorization-centric. Multiple choice questions require fewer steps to solve than they used to and are, for the most part, more conceptual in nature. Angular momentum and a few random atomic theory questions, like those on the 1998 exam, are absent in the new AP curriculum.</p>